Philosophy Quotes

Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.

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"Each man must find his own path through the wilderness."
Jack London
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"To understand life, one must first understand the struggle."
Jack London
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"The savage and the civilized are separated only by veneer."
Jack London
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"A man's character is his destiny."
Jack London
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"Philosophy is the art of questioning everything."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"The philosophical foundation of a society is revealed in how it treats women."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"A life of purpose requires knowing what you believe and why."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"We are not troubled by things themselves, but by the views we take of them."
Booth Tarkington
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"Philosophy questions everything so we need not live blindly."
Booth Tarkington
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"Philosophy teaches us to think beyond convention."
Booth Tarkington
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"The philosopher who remains detached from the suffering of his time is a coward."
Upton Sinclair
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"The philosophy of life should be practical, not merely theoretical."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
"In every man there is something that makes him want to tell lies."
Sherwood Anderson
"Philosophy is common sense applied to uncommon situations."
Sherwood Anderson
"Philosophy examines the questions that matter most."
Sherwood Anderson
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"We are not going to be able to operate our spaceship Earth successfully nor make our world work unless we see it as a whole."
O. Henry
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"Human nature is the same everywhere; it is a result of our animal instincts and our spiritual yearnings."
O. Henry
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"Philosophy is the art of being confused at a higher level."
O. Henry
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"Nothing was ever real to her when once she discovered it."
Kate Chopin
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"The examined life is the only life worth living."
Booth Tarkington
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"The philosophy that accepts injustice is not philosophy but surrender."
Upton Sinclair
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"Forget thyself! This is the first and final commandment."
Jack London
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"I do not believe in the profit motive."
Jack London
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"What lies beyond the human experience is unknowable to the human mind."
Jack London
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"In the end, all men are equal in death."
Jack London
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"The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more right than to any person."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"Civilization means cooperation."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"We are more than our roles; we are human beings first."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, but the kind of man the country turns out."
O. Henry
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"A man's character is his fate."
O. Henry